Homesteading is thought to be one one of the best ways to prepare for any long-term disaster. Although bugging out is possible, having your own piece of land in a (semi) secluded place is ideal.
Read the articles below to learn how to homestead on a small piece of land because it takes time to become good at them. The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be prepared.
Some of the things you’ll learn include:
Whether you’re an adventure seeker or an off-grid enthusiast looking for a simpler life, having a trailer that can both travel and sustain a minimalist existence is important. There is nothing quite like the rewarding feeling of waking up in the backcountry without the hum of traffic and buzz of electricity. For some, it’s more …
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Considered one of the most porous substances in existence, activated charcoal is used in a variety of applications all over the world. In the survival world, you’ll see activated charcoal used in applications like water filtration and first aid to draw toxins out of the body. It’s a handy substance to have in any survival …
Chickens love taking a bath, as long as it is in dust and not water. There definitely is a reason the phrase “madder than a wet hen” was coined, as I learned when bathing dirty chicks once. But, frollicking around in a dirt bath (or chicken dirt bath, as they are also often called) is …
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Cooking oil might not be an item most folks keep at the top of their “must have” preps list, but perhaps it should be. We preppers love (with good reason) dual and especially multi-purpose items – and cooking oil has a plethora of uses. Any type of cooking oil can be used for survival and …
Becoming a livestock breeder could be one of the most lucrative and self-reliance boosting prepper side hustles that exist. The benefits of not only having ample livestock on your survival homestead and honing the skills required to properly tend to them is the primary reason we enlarged our barnyard five years ago. And perhaps the …
West Virginia is one of the most rural states in the Union – that alone makes this locale a haven for preppers. There are so many blissfully perfect places for a self-reliant family to set up a survival homestead or prepper retreat, it is pretty difficult to pick just one. The vast majority of the …
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Ducks are very resilient to cold. They can tolerate snow quite well because they have natural insulation in their bodies that help them keep warm. They have a thick layer of fat underneath their waterproof down feathers that helps them ward off the cold wet snow and rain. Is this a guarantee that your ducks …
Keeping quail has become quite popular with homesteaders. While they may not replace chickens as the most common poultry bird on a homestead, they are being raised for both their delicious meat and tiny but tasty little eggs by many self-reliant folks across the country. Quail are a perfect poultry bird for small homesteaders to …
Raccoons might be cute and cuddly, but they are troublesome, intelligent pests that are notorious for breaking into garbage cans, infiltrating attics, and generally making themselves a nuisance. They’re uncanny intelligence and dexterous forepaws give them a major advantage when it comes to climbing and manipulating objects. This means that trapping them is easier said …
A generator is one of the single best preps you can have, for virtually any disaster situation. Whether you have a small, portable generator capable of running an appliance or two and a handful of tools or a large, built-in standby generator that can power your entire house with capacity to spare, you’ll be able …
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